Topic outline

  • General

    • KICTCFT Competency

      Teachers have an in-depth knowledge of national policies and be able to design, modify and implement classroom practices that support these policies.

      Specific Objectives: By the end of this unit you should be able to:

      1. Explain the principles of using ICT in education
      2. Analyze challenges of implementing the principles of using ICT in education
      3. State solutions to the challenges of using ICT in education

  • Introduction to ICT in Education

    • Recommended time: 90 minutes

    • Sub-unit Competency

      In this sub-unit, we will investigate the policy environment in which we work. What are the national priorities in terms of ICT and particularly the Kenya National ICT Masterplan? Once complete, you should be able to explain the national priorities for ICT with regard to education.

    • Activity 1: National ICT Policy

      1. Study the introductory reading below entitled 'Global and Kenyan ICT Perspectives'
      1. Access the National ICT Policy within the National ICT Master Plan below and read the vision and guiding principles (See Section 3 p38-40) and then look at the small section on Education on page 79.
      1. What benefits can school stakeholders derive from an understanding of the National ICT Policy? Use the chat below to discuss this question with your colleagues.
      1. In the forum below, discuss if the policy covers ICT in education comprehensively. 

  • Kenya's Vision for ICT in Education

    • Recommended time: 90 minutes

    • Sub-unit Competency

      In this sub-unit we will investigate the policy environment further. What are the national priorities in terms of ICT and Education and particularly the ICT in Education Vision? Once complete you should be aware of the beneficial role ICT is expected to bring to education.

    • Activity 2: ICT in Education Vision

      1. Study the introductory reading entitled 'Kenya ICT in Education Vision' below.
      1. Read the National Education Sector Plan (2014) particularly p80-83 which focuses specifically on ICT in Education. Then study the Sessional Paper #2 (2015).

    • Portfolio Assignment: Policy and Classroom Practice

      Sessional Paper #2 of 2015 section 7.4 says "ICT is a major vehicle for teaching and learning from the earliest years. It is at a very young age that learners begin to acquire digital skills which they increasingly use to explore and exploit the world of information and to craft that into knowledge. ICT facilitates the opportunity for more student-centred teaching, more self-learning and more peer teaching. It also provides greater opportunity for teacher-to-teacher, and student-to-student communication and collaboration and access to the worldwide web and the learning resources contained thereon." (p51)

      How do we implement this national objective in classroom practice?

      1. Develop 5 slides in MS PowerPoint to provide your view on what you could do to implement the policy statement in the classroom? 
      2. This is a portfolio assignment as such use the assignment upload tool below to submit your assignment.

  • Summary and Review

    • Facilitator's Feedback

      Once you have completed all the readings and assignments above, access the facilitator's audio summary of this unit's main messages and then test your understanding by using the self evaluation quiz. 

  • Attribution

    • Open Education Resources

      The following Open Education Resources (OER) were consulted:

      1. Commonwealth of Learning/Commonwealth Secretariat/Ministry of Education, Guyana. (2012). ICT in Education for Teachers. - Available here
      2. Inoorero University. (2014). IBTM: Module 2 pages 4-22. - Available here
      3. Ipapun. (2014). Divine Icons. Free for non commercial use - Available online here

      References

      The following references are also acknowledged:

      1. Government of Kenya. (2014). The Kenya National ICT Master Plan (2013/14 - 2017/18). Available here.
      2. Government of Kenya. (2015). Sessional Paper #2 of 2015. Available here
      3. Ministry of Education, Science & Technology, Kenya. (2014). National Education Sector Plan. Available here

  • Credits and License

    • This unit was adapted from OERs and developed further by Dr. Everlyne Makhanu, Stephen Mogoba, Peter Njoroge and revised by Simon Kiteme.

    • Creative Commons License

      All material in this Kenya ICT CFT Course unit is licensed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Kenya under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License with the exception of the resources listed below:

      Government of Kenya. (2014). The Kenya National ICT Master Plan (2013/14 - 2017/18). 
      Government of Kenya. (2015). Sessional Paper #2 of 2015. 
      Ministry of Education, Science & Technology, Kenya. (2014). National Education Sector Plan.

      All content not licensed under a Creative Commons license is all rights reserved, and you must request permission from the copyright owner to use this material. 

  • Pilot Feedback

    • The Kenya ICT CFT Course is in it's pilot phase. We would, therefore, like some feedback on your experience in order to refine it. Please access the survey below to leave your feedback on this unit's strengths and weaknesses.